Monday, January 30th, 2012
Sasha from the Oak & Iris sent an update about the cafe. They had plans to reopen this morning, but Sasha’s husband, who is she says is the main workforce, got sick. They’re now hoping to reopen on Wednesday and be open from 7am to 4pm, until they get the dinner how they want it. She emails:
The current owners decided to close the cafe and to re-staff most of the employees and to do some renovations. We did not find anyone to rent the cafe to YET, but are still looking.
All of this is done in order to improve 1st quality of food and make it all more delicious, more healthy with a better cook and better ingredients.
Second is to improve service. We will still take orders to go and deliver, but mostly it will be all table service. For dinner we are getting wine license and we will be offering a nice European dinners more upscale with food and service as well.
We are looking for dinner chef and we are hiring waitresses now.
To learn more, contact Sasha at whereissasha@nyc.rr.com or stop into the cafe when it reopens.
- Mary
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Oak & Iris has signs posted that they’ll be closed through Monday, January 30 due to “operational problems” (thanks to Amber for noticing).
The cafe has been going through some changes recently, as you may have noticed. In the fall signs went up announcing a new chef, and then earlier this month there was talk on the KWT Neighbors Yahoo Group that another new chef would be taking over.
Then recently Craigslist has a listing for the space, saying it was available for sale or rent. I spoke with owner Aleksandra “Sasha” Kameneva about the listing, and she confirmed that she was looking for someone who would take over and give the space the love that the neighborhood deserves.
“Hopefully they wouldn’t want to change it,” she said. “That they keep it for the neighborhood the same way they like it.”
Sasha explained that running the cafe, which she opened about three years ago, was too much for her alone, which is why she tried having the chef take over in the fall. But she is looking for a more suitable replacement, to keep the space to a higher standard.
“I know how important it is to the neighborhood, because I live here as well,” she said.
We’ve been unable to reach Sasha for more information about why the cafe is closed at the moment, but we look forward to seeing it back open on Monday. If you’re interested in learning more about the space, you can contact Sasha at whereissasha@nyc.rr.com.
- Mary
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